The LEGO of Zelda set achieved the pre-requisite of 10,000 votes on LEGO’s CUUSOO web site back in February of this year and is currently being reviewed by the CUUSOO team.

IGN talk to the sets creator Ruben B. Nerheim about the set and his love for LEGO and Zelda. Is Zelda a licence you would like to see LEGO acquire? It is not beyond the realms of doubt, LEGO CUUSOO did approve the Nintendo owned Minecraft licence…

We have featured the work of Baron Von Brunk before, you may recall his amazing, fully functional 5ft NES controller?

Well for the launch of Nintendo’s LEGO City Undercover last month, The Baron was invited to showcase some of his work at Nintendo World in New York! Here is a look at the some of the cool custom pieces he had on display including The Fireflower from Super Mario 3, an Angry Birds mosaic and a Game Boy that Transforms into a robot!

LEGO City Undercover has been billed as “exclusive to Wii U”… and it still is… well kind of!

A prequel to the events of LEGO City Undercover is to be released for Nintendo 3DS on 26th April called LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins.

The response to LEGO City Undercover has been mixed so far. Game play has been hailed, with several reviewers referring to it as “Grand Theft LEGO”, but slow loading and the requirement of an external hard drive to download software for digital purchases has taken the shine off this somewhat.

Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins Sets Off On Nintendo 3DS 26th April

Play Chase McCain’s first adventure – and discover more citizens of LEGO CITY in new webisodes

18th March 2013 – Nintendo announces that LEGO CITY Undercover: The Chase Begins, exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, launches in Europe on 26th April 2013. The handheld title puts the action of LEGO CITY into the palms of players’ hands allowing for portable exploration as Chase McCain.

Developed by TT Games, LEGO CITY Undercover: The Chase Begins is a prequel to the upcoming Wii U title and stars Chase McCain as a rookie cop on his first exciting adventure in LEGO CITY. Explore a city full of LEGO bustling with wacky characters, brought to life on your Nintendo 3DS, and learn the ropes of police work with Chase McCain, donning disguises for special skills when solving missions and fighting crime on the city’s streets. You can call up your Scanner from the Touch Screen and move your Nintendo 3DS, utilising the motion sensors, to analyse the LEGO CITY environment for audio or visual clues. On your first job as a cop you encounter the crime kingpin Rex Fury and it’s your mission to put him behind bars!

In upcoming Wii U exclusive LEGO CITY Undercover, set after the events of the Nintendo 3DS version, Rex Fury has escaped from prison! LEGO CITY fans looking forward to recapturing Rex can now also get to know the city’s colourful cast of characters in a series of webisodes on YouTube. In the series of six webisodes leading up to the launch of LEGO CITY Undercover, fans can discover the stories behind Chase McCain and other key players in the hunt for Rex Fury, including Chief Dunby, the head of the LEGO CITY Police Department; Chase’s bumbling buddy Frank Honey; colleague Ellie Phillips, who chimes in through the GamePad; Natalia Kowalski, Chase’s girl who’s gone into witness protection; and a host of bad guys Chase must defeat to bring Rex Fury to justice.

Fight crime on the go with Chase McCain in LEGO CITY Undercover: The Chase Begins for Nintendo 3DS which launches across Europe on 26th April, or do some police homework from the comfort of your sofa in LEGO CITY Undercover for Wii U which launches on 28th March* in Europe, available as a standalone game or in a limited-edition software bundle with a Chase McCain minifigure. * 27th March for Spain, Portugal, Norway, Denmark and other selected countries.